Using GREP to format numbers which are succeeded by specific characters

Question

Hi dear stackoverflow community,

I have a small GREP question and would need your help. In my catalog, there are some ordering numbers which need specific formatting.

As you can see, the numbers are always bold and they also are colored when they are preceded by a "to ". However, I want the two numbers before the " to" to be colored also. I was not able to find out how this is done. This is how they SHOULD look like using GREP. Basically the "00" is also colored.

Right now, my GREP code looks like this.

(?<=\d\d)-\d\d(?=\sto)

On the right you can see that right now, the "00" in front of the "to" is not colored.

Does someone know why this is not working? :)

Answer 1

Apply the following three Grep patterns to the Paragraph Style:

• (?<=[A-Z]{2}-)\d{4}-\d{2} - Apply Character Style: Bold (example).

• (?<=[A-Z]{2}-\d{4}-)(\d{2})(?= to -??\d{2}) - Apply Character Style: Bold-Color (example).

• (?<=[A-Z]{2}-\d{4}-\d{2} to )-??\d{2} - Apply Character Style: Bold-Color (example).

Note: The two different Character Styles used, namely Bold, and Bold-Color

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Paragraph Style Options > GREP Style:

Result: